tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post327703276660671513..comments2023-09-04T21:36:48.170+10:00Comments on The Site Formally Known As: 8 Days in Outback StrayaStubbadubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05333188150383405691noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-5337011096742364892010-05-03T21:07:36.681+10:002010-05-03T21:07:36.681+10:00Oh yes, there should be crunch and then the inside...Oh yes, there should be crunch and then the inside should be all gooey.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.instructables.com/image/FL5SQFNFF4B5QVA/The-BEST-Cake-Known-to-Man-Gooey-Chocolate-Cake.jpg" rel="nofollow">It should look like this.</a><br /><br />Perseus' post did give me a feeling of nostalgia. But, I am on the other side of the planet and even find myself feeling nostalgic watching Neighbours over here, so perhaps my opinion should be taken with a grain of salt in this instance.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03085054284790032962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-64540475540458633652010-04-25T07:07:09.237+10:002010-04-25T07:07:09.237+10:00So, did you get a sense of nostalgia from reading ...So, did you get a sense of nostalgia from reading Perseus' post, EMS?<br /><br />Also, that must be the first time that I've heard someone say that a good chocolate cake should be crunchy on the outside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-53354499091327771522010-04-25T06:49:44.081+10:002010-04-25T06:49:44.081+10:00Weren't most of the people here, born and rais...<i>Weren't most of the people here, born and raised in urban areas?</i><br /><br />Not I.<br /><br />I was raised in an area that was about as rural as it gets.<br /><br />My brother, sister & I used to put our gumboots on, go looking for squishy cow-pats & jump in them.<br /><br />The best ones were the ones that were crunchy on the outside, but squishy and squelchy on the inside. A bit like a good chocolate cake should be, but with a different smell.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03085054284790032962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-1625349588700067162010-04-24T22:05:34.413+10:002010-04-24T22:05:34.413+10:00Perseus said: But that was the whole idea of the r...<i>Perseus said: But that was the whole idea of the roadtrip: Make it up as we go along. No plans. We woke up each morning, pulled out a map, and only then decided which way to go. When we got tired, we stopped at stayed at whatever town we happened to be in. </i><br /><br />Oh Bullwinkle, that trick never works. Well, maybe in romanticised drug-fuck adventure novels and movies, but not in real life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-16042232820238790262010-04-23T23:26:10.320+10:002010-04-23T23:26:10.320+10:00Looks like a fantastic trip Pers! Any trip where y...Looks like a fantastic trip Pers! Any trip where you come close to being swept away in floodwaters has got to be good.<br /><br />I spent a lot of time in the area between Menindee, Mildura and Canberra for work about 5 years ago and loved it. Except the Hay plain... the Hay plain reallllly sucks, especially when driving at night.<br /><br />What was the atmosphere ike with Miss Flatmate afte all the issues leading up to the trip?<br /><br />For some reason I picture Puss as strutting around in a hermetically sealed bubble with 10 inch heels.Fad MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14682635778182144243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-33635903070958662612010-04-23T13:23:19.608+10:002010-04-23T13:23:19.608+10:00It's partly the control/height thing, but it&#...It's partly the control/height thing, but it's mostly about being splashed in the face. I just don't care for it. I don't even shower with the boy, because he's taller than me, and the water hits his shoulder and then splashes me in the face. It's irritating.<br /><br />Cue jokes about me not being a very good pr0n star.Puss In Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236191025319308375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-28165706434267869422010-04-23T12:16:21.867+10:002010-04-23T12:16:21.867+10:00just because I was in the outback there was no nee...<i>just because I was in the outback there was no need to look shabby </i> works for me.<br /><br />NSW is crap - take another look, I've been a back here 2 years and I can only say the only Ken Done outifits I've seen are those worn by the tourists down at the Quay & Darling Harbour. <br /><br />Yes the roads are crap but theres a hell of alot more of them then there are in Vic. And Rugby League does sux (we're all laughing at the Storm right now), but no more or less than AFL. <br /> <br />The land around Byron is beautiful, the township is over developed and full of tossers, cunts, hipsters and try-hard hippies but if you hate it even though you havent seen it...then its your loss.<br /><br />Puss - you dont like waves? Is this a height thing, cause you're so little and the waves are so much bigger than you? Or is it the lack of control you have when you cant touch the ground and the waves just take you and throw you about?<br /><br />I was at the bus stop this morning waiting for a city bus when a kid going to school on a scooter was knocked down by a car crossing the road right in front of me.Pepsihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12385549631744126072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-65969762889382775812010-04-23T11:32:45.168+10:002010-04-23T11:32:45.168+10:00I'm only a fan of boats if I don't get spr...I'm only a fan of boats if I don't get sprayed in the face (not a euphemism). I quite like planes, though. I wanted to be a pilot. I still do. When I'm rich with money to burn, I think I'll take private flight lessons.Puss In Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236191025319308375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-52292908417177646032010-04-23T11:29:47.897+10:002010-04-23T11:29:47.897+10:00I agree melba, but 'the big paddock' was a...I agree melba, but 'the big paddock' was an exception. I found the outback to be mostly inspiring and beautiful, even when it was just endless miles of nothing, and I felt that nostalgia of which you speak... but the big paddock was different. It wasn't distinctly Australian. It was a flat and weedy expanse that gave rise to a kingdom of monster-locusts. It stunk, and you could see why Burke & Wills died at its fringe. I can't explain it properly, other than to say it sux dogs ballz.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-26735911972197765552010-04-23T11:23:56.837+10:002010-04-23T11:23:56.837+10:00I guess that nearly everyone's in agreement th...I guess that nearly everyone's in agreement then, Melba; the outback is wonderful, so long as we can visit it for short periods of time, at our convenience, and not have to stay there too long.<br /><br />Puss, how do you feel about boats? And flying? I tend to find the ocean and the sky equally intimidating. Not scary, just intimidating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-74799462800536091642010-04-23T10:56:39.253+10:002010-04-23T10:56:39.253+10:00I think nostalgia can still be experienced by peop...I think nostalgia can still be experienced by people who've never lived, in this example, in the country. It's an imagined longing.<br /><br />It makes sense to me.<br /><br />It's a feeling that can connect you to other experiences of "country" or whatever. Books, movies, hearing stories from people. It doesn't mean I want to go an live in the country, just that there's something deeply interesting about it.<br /><br />Yes, even The Big Paddock. Nature when it's full on - I love it. It's not boring in and of itself.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-58419645190307145882010-04-23T10:16:35.474+10:002010-04-23T10:16:35.474+10:00Alex, those things bother me, but not as much as t...Alex, those things bother me, but not as much as the waves. There's a place on the Gold Coast, near the border with NSW, that has a protected cove, and there aren't any waves there. I go in the water there. But only up to my waist, usually.<br /><br />And no, I didn't wear high heels. I was definitely not fashion conscious back then. My mum bought all of my clothes. I didn't have anything brand name until I moved out of home, and the first pair of high heels I wore was to my formal. I still have them. I would consider them to be very short now, but at the time I thought they were towering.Puss In Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236191025319308375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-46360572573505684702010-04-23T10:03:42.635+10:002010-04-23T10:03:42.635+10:00Sydney is filled with people wearing Ken Done clot...<i>Sydney is filled with people wearing Ken Done clothing</i><br /><br />When were you there last? 1985?<br /><br />NSW has lots of great places. I love the Blue Mountains, Yamba, Crescent Head, South West Rocks, Nambucca - hell the whole North Coast. Of course, living at Lake Macquarie (no surf here, Puss) we have Newcastle and Central Coast's pristine beaches a stone's throw away, the Watagan Mountains, the Hunter Valley, Nelson Bay and Hawks Nest are a day trip or there's Barrington Tops, Lake Glenbawn or Forster for an easy overnight getaway. It's a while since I've been to the south coast but I remember happy weekends around Mittagong, Berry, Pebbly Beach (between Batemans Bay and Ulladulla) and Eden. I reckon we'll be going to Dubbo zoo sometime in the next few years - they say it's great for the kids. <br /><br />I don't reckon a road trip like that would work with kids, I tend to do lots of research before we go anywhere because otherwise the holiday would be a living hell.patchouligirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14462983717621525841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-71074276839357007782010-04-23T09:00:52.303+10:002010-04-23T09:00:52.303+10:00That's like saying I've been to Gyor and I...<i>That's like saying I've been to Gyor and I've "done" Hungary.</i><br /><br />Just as the outback is considered 'the real Australia', Gyor could be said to be 'the real Hungary'. <br /><br />I preferred Hegyeshalom, Hungary. Population: 20 drunk train workers, but with an 11 storey luxury hotel for some reason. The piano in the marble foyer played itself. <br /><br />Also, I stand by my NSW is shit comment. I have explored most of it in my lifetime. The roads are crap, rugby league sucks and Sydney is filled with people wearing Ken Done clothing. 've never been to Byron Bay but I bet I'd hate it. <br /><br />Bob Carr was alright though. <br /><br />Pepsi: Though the pointy boots were totally inappropriate, my reasoning was that just because I was in the outback there was no need to look shabby. <br /><br />Boogeyman: But that was the whole idea of the roadtrip: Make it up as we go along. No plans. We woke up each morning, pulled out a map, and only then decided which way to go. When we got tired, we stopped at stayed at whatever town we happened to be in.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-7756857119868675902010-04-23T08:36:15.927+10:002010-04-23T08:36:15.927+10:00Also, you weren't wearing high heels when you ...Also, you weren't wearing high heels when you were doing all of that, were you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-7645168043889420582010-04-23T08:32:00.058+10:002010-04-23T08:32:00.058+10:00So Puss, the rips, poisonous beasties and big hung...So Puss, the rips, poisonous beasties and big hungry fish don't bother you; just the waves?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-61656186507579568922010-04-23T08:20:12.325+10:002010-04-23T08:20:12.325+10:00Yeah, I was forced to grow up in the sticks. I ha...Yeah, I was forced to grow up in the sticks. I hated it. I couldn't wait to move to the city. It was so boring out there. I had no friends who lived near me, and I basically spent my entire life reading. I've done some very country things in my time - worked on a dairy farm, worked in a piggery, artificially inseminated a cow, helped collect bull semen for said insemination, docked lambs' tails, etc etc. I think about myself now, and there is no way I would ever do any of that again.<br /><br />Outside is overrated. I do like the beach though. But I don't go in the water because I'm afraid of waves. Yes, yes, I know, it's ridiculous. Shut up.Puss In Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236191025319308375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-2320013547373177692010-04-23T06:58:36.742+10:002010-04-23T06:58:36.742+10:00NSW is shit, South Australia is pretty.
That'...<em>NSW is shit, South Australia is pretty.</em><br /><br />That's like saying I've been to Gyor and I've "done" Hungary.<br /><br />I love the outback/bush/desert/country. Love it. As long as I don't have to live there.<br /><br />And I think 'townies' are people who live in country towns...oh wait, you do.Lewd Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02482085817373911266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-16389861686135307592010-04-23T05:13:29.939+10:002010-04-23T05:13:29.939+10:00Why aren't any of you nostalgic for this type ...<i>Why aren't any of you nostalgic for this type of stuff?</i><br /><br />Isn't nostalgia a longing for something out of your past? Weren't most of the people here, born and raised in urban areas? Puss is a notable exception and she says that she hates going outside - a position that you can probably nearly understand from the contents of the post. It doesn't go out of its way to romanticise too much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-35504791466404879082010-04-23T00:05:10.397+10:002010-04-23T00:05:10.397+10:00This would make a great premise for a Pers/Lewd Bo...This would make a great premise for a Pers/Lewd Bob Production ... "Frasier meets Wolf Creek".<br /><br />Sure I laughed out load at the olive tapenade but I still can't get past the primal fear I had reading this post.<br /><br />MY GOD PERS YOU COULD BE HANGING FROM THE ROOF OF A DIRTY RUSTY OLD SHED...SKINNED.*<br /><br /><br />*caps to illustrate the depth of my maternal concern.homesickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871859873854371963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-84074178626976104912010-04-22T22:46:27.195+10:002010-04-22T22:46:27.195+10:00I would have signed up. I would have loved every m...I would have signed up. I would have loved every minute of it. The rapey locusts, the raging torrents, the sight of Perseus Q sans suit.<br /><br />I too loved the mention of olive tapenade, and I love the idea of Bazza and his investment property, and also The Big Paddock. Love it all.<br /><br />Why aren't any of you nostalgic for this type of stuff? It's wonderful.<br /><br />Thanks Perseus.<br /><br />Did Miss Flatmate enjoy?Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-90846855212002718992010-04-22T21:01:17.418+10:002010-04-22T21:01:17.418+10:00You planned an outback road trip and didn't th...You planned an outback road trip and didn't think to google where you were going?<br /><br />Clearly you were never a boy scout, Perseus. Be prepared.<br /><br />I'd have thought enough horror stories of people who break down miles from anywhere in the Australian outback and die of starvation or dehydration would inspire people to undertake more preparation before going bush, but clearly not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-75501290089830935732010-04-22T14:03:51.246+10:002010-04-22T14:03:51.246+10:00Sounds fucking revolting, and strangely, about the...Sounds fucking revolting, and strangely, about the sort of holiday I would expect you to report on my dear Pers. Famine, drought, flood, plague.... I remember the days when you were reviewing the books of the Bible - have you slipped into some sort of parallel universe here?Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00947982822958330915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-58262022651452413162010-04-22T13:41:10.951+10:002010-04-22T13:41:10.951+10:00Wow. That sounds like my worst nightmare. I had ...Wow. That sounds like my worst nightmare. I had outside. There's a reason humans evolved to live in caves/build houses.Puss In Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236191025319308375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-54362139232614399472010-04-22T13:07:22.446+10:002010-04-22T13:07:22.446+10:00Quite so, RG.
In fact, judging by that photo, the...Quite so, RG.<br /><br />In fact, judging by that photo, the only one in that party I can see escaping a shallow bush grave would be the Mad Irishman.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.com